Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1815. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (5.61 g, 12h). Rome mint. 14th emission, AD 231. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Providentia standing facing, head left, holding grain ears over modius filled with grain ears, and anchor. RIC IV 251 var. (no drapery); BMCRE 812; Calicó 3133. Near EF, underlying luster. Rare.